John Gondak Has Been Named.............

...... men's distance coach of Team USA for the North American, Central America, and Caribbean (NACAC) Athletic Association Under-23 Championships, set for August 8-10, in Kamloops, Canada. Many of us are pulling for him to have that interim tag removed, well this certainly adds to the resume.

Other Nittany Lions competing internationally this summer are: 

Darrell Hill (USA, NACAC U-23)

Michael Shuey (USA, NACAC U-23)

Kiah Seymour (USA, NACAC U-23)

Brittney Howell  (USA, NACAC U-23)

Steve Waithe  (Trinidad and Tobago, NACAC U-23)

Dannielle Gibson (Bahamas, IAAF World Junior Championships, to be held July 22-27 in Eugene, OR)

Full press release from GoPSUSports.

NCAA Day 2

Another All-American certificate was earned in Eugene as Robert Cardina finished the decathlon in 8th place with 7666 points. Just a freshmen and in his first year as a multi-eventer, expect big things from Cardina in the future.

Advancing out of the semi-finals held was Mahagony Jones in the 200 meters and the women's 4x400. Brittney Howell is in 3rd place after day 1 of the heptathlon.

Tonights coverage begins at 7:30 PM EST on ESPNU or the WatchESPN app on your smartphone.

Full Results

Big Ten Event Winners

Congratulations to the following Nittany Lion event winners at the Big Ten Championships.
Full results here

Steve Waithe -  Triple Jump

Darrell Hill - Shot Put

Michael Shuey - Javelin

Brittney Howell - Heptathlon

Melissa Kurzdorfer - Javelin

Kiah Seymour - 400 meter hurdles

Mahagony Jones - 200 meter dash

Dynasty McGee, Mahagony Jones, Tichina Rhodes, Kiah Seymour - 4x400 meter relay

For most the season and competition year are officially over. For those still with a shot at qualifying for NCAA's, that opportunity comes in two weeks at the NCAA East Regional meet on May 29-31.

All-American Honors

Congratulations are in order for the All-American honors earned this past weekend at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

          First Team All-American:
          Will Barr                35 lb weight throw 
          Mahagony Jones   200 meter dash       
          Brittney Howell     pentathlon, 4x400 meter relay             
          Steve Waithe          triple jump            
          Kiah Seymour       400 meter dash, 4x400 meter relay  
          Za'von Watkins     800 meter run
          Dynasty McGee     4x400 meter relay
          Tichina Rhodes     4x400 meter relay    

          Second Team All-American:
          Evonne Britton      60 meter hurdles
          Jon Hendershot     high jump
          Wade Endress       distance medley relay
          Za'von Watkins    distance medley relay
          Brannon Kidder   800 meter run, distance medley relay
          Robby Creese        distance medley relay

        

Penn Relays!

Michael Syrnick brings us this great Friday photo of the events at Penn.  Let's hope his boss doesn't find out he wasn't "cough, cough" sick at all!  The 13 lanes (counting the "inside" first four lanes, and the practice straights) look great, don't they?

PSU has had some good showings already, with a 2nd place from Anya Uzoh in the decathlon(over 7,000 pts. for the first time), and a third place from
Brittney Howell in the heptathlon on Wednesday.  Karlee McQuillen won the javelin (158'4") for the second year in a row and Jane Swenson won the shot put (52'6").  Several PSU relay quartets are in the mix for Championship of America Wheels.  Cheesesteaks, jerk chicken, poorly home-made t-shirts, 17th century bathroom facilities and no parking!  Penn Relays is the greatest.  Coach Groves is attending his 66th out of 67th straight Penn Relays.